Part One of this interview appeared here, in the January 6 issue of BAR. On January 20, BAR will begin publishing excerpts from The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness [The New Press].
âMass incarceration has turned the Black community against itself,â says Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Black Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Mainstream organizations like the Congressional Black Caucus and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights put out laundry lists of proposed reforms, while failing to make Americaâs Black Gulag a priority. âIf the way we pursue reforms does not contribute to the building of a movement to dismantle the system of mass incarceration,â says the veteran civil rights lawyer, âand if our advocacy does not upset the prevailing public consensus that supports the new caste system, none of the reforms, even if won, will successfully disrupt the nationâs racial equilibrium.â
The Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Dina Boluarte Coup Regimeâs Violent Repression of Protesters in PerĂș .
Washington's announcement that 30,000 new visas would be made available to Haitians raised more questions than it answered.
Peace accord in Ethiopia, COP27 at Sharm-el-Sheikh and the second continental public health summit portend much for the coming years.
Former DIA analyst Ana BelĂ©n Montes was imprisoned for 20 years for sharing intelligence with Cuba that helped it prevent US attacks and sabotage. Upon being released, she condemned the âsuffocatingâŠ
This week we have an update on the FBI raid and impending indictments against members of the Uhuru Movement, discuss what Damar Hamlin teaches us about the business of football, and discover thatâŠ
